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The entertainment package has many
other highlights in store for this
spring, including choral concerts,
more poetry readings, professional
concerts, student showcases, and
several major theatre shows.

The extraordinarily popular Art's
Club Theatre production of "Talking
Dirty" is just another example of
the first class culture hitting the
stage at Douglas College this March.

Theatre department coordinator
Dorothy Jones is also putting her
full efforts into giving Douglas
College students their chance to
stand in the limelight.

Gala Event of the Season

"Our Town", the popular play by
Thornton Wilder, will be the Gala
Event of the Season, when Jones'
students present a special showing
of the play to raise money for
student scholarships.

"This is definitely going to be the
highlight of everybody's life,' says
trust fund chairman Jack Campbell,
the former Mayor of Port Coquitlam.
""Our Town' will be our biggest show
ever, and will prove just how well
Douglas College can do things up."

"Our Town" runs from March 21 to 24
and March 27 to 31.

The theatre students even put their
own production on stage outside of
their regular class time when
"Uncommon Women and Others" was showr
February 5 to 9. This play, written
by Wendy Wasserstein, dealt with
heavily mature subject matter.

The award winning Kirkwood Academy
Dancers also spun their choreographed
magic on stage during the Noon at New
West Valentine's Day show.

But that's not all, says Fisher.

With some of the best music faculty
in the province, Douglas College has
been able to attract the Purcell
String Quartet for February 21 and
David Warwick on March 21 to play
compositions from the Romantic era.

Douglas College Bands Gain Exposure

Fisher is also very proud of his own
students who are working on their
third jazz club album, as yet unti-
tled. With the use of the "great
acoustic theatre' and a well equipped
recording studio, the bands are
gaining exposure throughout B.C.,

he says.

The previous Jazz club album, "Livin
On The Edge" received airplay on
major radio stations, a tremendous
review from the Vancouver Sun and
some long deserved recognition for
Douglas College.

"This year's album will be even
better," Fisher says. "Even the
Concert band, the full 60 pieces,
looking at some recording for this
spring."

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And the
are not

performing arts divisions

the only ones to bring cul-
ture to Douglas College. The Studert
Society has started its own program
to bring in full length feature films
every two weeks.

Beginning with a special showing of
"Indiana Jones" and "The Temple of
Doom", Douglas College could soon be
the only place anyone needs to look
for entertainment, says student
treasurer Debra Niessen.

More from the Humanities Institute

The Humanities Institute of Douglas

College will be bringing in thought-
provoking classics such as "The Year
of Living Dangerously", "Being There"
and "Modern Times".

The Institute is also sponsoring